Venous Access

Certain medical conditions may require daily injections of medications for weeks or months. At Boston Medical Center, our interventional radiologists can help you avoid the problems associated with such long-term medications by placing a venous access device in your body. Venous access devices use a catheter, or a thin, hollow tube, as a kind of artificial vein to deliver repeated doses of medical therapy directly into the bloodstream. These are commonly recommended for people receiving chemotherapy, dialysis, plasmapheresis, long-term intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy, blood transfusion, or IV nutrition.

Our highly skilled interventional radiologists can create a wide range of venous access devices to help you avoid any problems associated with long-term medication needs. Once in place, these devices can gain access to larger veins, are less likely to clot, and can remain in place longer than basic IV lines.

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